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| |image=[[File:SMW Artwork Li'l Sparky.png|180px]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario World'' | | |image=[[File:Watt.gif|170px]]<br>[[Watt]], a notable '''Li'l Sparky'''. |
| |first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World]]'' ([[List of games by date#1990|1990]]) | | |first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World]]'' ([[1990]]) |
| |latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'' ([[List of games by date#2023|2023]]) | | |latest_appearance=''[[Super Princess Peach]]'' ([[2005]]) |
| |variants=[[Hothead]] | | |species_origin=[[Hothead]] |
| |comparable=[[Amp]]<br>[[Guriguri]]<br>[[Spark]]<br>[[Sparky (Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3)|Sparky (''Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3'')]] | | |affiliation=[[Koopa Troop]], [[Hothead]]s, [[Spark]]s |
| |notable=[[Watt]]<br>[[List of implied characters#Watt's mother|Watt's mother]] | | |notable=[[Watt]]<br>[[Watt's Mother]] |
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| '''Lil Sparkies''', also called '''Sparkies''',<ref>{{cite|title=Nintendo ''[[Mario Mania]]'' Player's Guide|date=August 1991|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America|page=146}}</ref> are [[List of enemies|enemies]] introduced in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. They are little sparks that travel along platforms, first appearing in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. They usually behave similarly to [[Spark]]s. | | '''Li'l Sparkies''' are small sparks that travel along platforms, first appearing in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. |
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| ==History== | | ==History== |
| ===''Super Mario'' series===
| | ===''Super Mario World''=== |
| ====''Super Mario World''====
| | [[Image:Li'lSparky_SMW.png|frame|left]] |
| [[File:Li'lSparky_SMW.png|frame|left]] | | They have the same immunities as Boos (i.e. invincible to almost everything). Additionally, Big Sparkies (usually referred to as as [[Hothead]]s) could be found in [[Bowser's Castle]]. |
| Lil Sparkies are enemies in ''Super Mario World''. They move around platforms quickly and can be defeated by [[Invincible Mario]] or [[Cape Mario|Caped Mario]]'s Body Press. They are found in [[6 Wendy's Castle|#6 Wendy's Castle]] and [[Front Door]], specifically in rooms with [[Hothead]]s.
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| ====''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3''====
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| Lil Sparkies are enemies in ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. They appear only in the [[World-e]] levels [[Swinging Bars of Doom]], [[A Sky-High Adventure]], and [[Puzzling Pipe Maze]]. Lil Sparkies can be defeated from [[Statue Mario]]'s stomp or [[hammer]]s thrown by [[Hammer Mario]].
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| ====''Super Mario Bros. Wonder''====
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| [[File:SMBWColorSwitchDungeon.jpg|thumb|A Lil Sparky in ''Super Mario Bros. Wonder'']]
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| Lil Sparkies are enemies in ''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]''. They can now be defeated either with bubbles while the player is in [[Bubble Mario|Bubble form]] or by being crushed by a platform.
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| ===''Super Mario Bros.'' (1993 film)===
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| A neon sign reading "Sparky" appears in [[Koopa Square]] in the 1993 [[Super Mario Bros. (film)|''Super Mario Bros.'']] film.
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| ===''Paper Mario''=== | | ===''Paper Mario''=== |
| In ''[[Paper Mario]]'', a Lil Sparky (parsed '''Li'l Sparky''') named [[Watt]] was imprisoned in a lantern by the [[Big Lantern Ghost]]. After [[Mario]] defeats the Big Lantern Ghost, Watt joins Mario's party, making her the first playable Li'l Sparky. | | In ''[[Paper Mario]]'', a Li'l Sparky named [[Watt]] was imprisoned and tortured by the [[Big Lantern Ghost]]. After Mario defeats the Lantern Ghost, Watt joins Mario's party, making her the first playable Li'l Sparky. Other members of her species may be contained in the lamps of the [[Lantern Ghost]]. |
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| ===''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'' / ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions''===
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| [[File:LilSparkySS.gif|frame]]
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| In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' and ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]'', Lil Sparkies, referred to as '''sparks''',<ref>{{cite|author=Thomason, Steve|title=''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'' Player's Guide|page=95|isbn=1-930206-43-7|date=2003|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> make a cameo in three pseudo-sidescrolling levels to reach a [[mole (presenter)|mole]]. If [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] is attacked by them, he will get knocked back to the beginning. They exhibit several different patterns in this game, including bouncing and floating like [[Amp]]s.
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| ===''Super Princess Peach''=== | | ===''Super Mario Bros. 3: Super Mario Advance 4''=== |
| Lil Sparkies (parsed '''Lil' Sparky''') are enemies in ''[[Super Princess Peach]]''. They behave similarly to how they act in ''Super Mario World'', and are invincible to everything [[Princess Peach|Peach]] can do. Lil' Sparkies are found in [[Shriek Mansion]] and [[Bowser's Villa]]. Unlike most other enemies in the game, they do not have a [[vibe]]-based counterpart.
| | A Li'l Sparky is found in the [[E-Reader]] stage "[[Swinging Bars of Doom]]" in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3: Super Mario Advance 4]]''. |
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| ==Profiles and statistics==
| | ===''Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga''=== |
| ===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''=== | | They make a small cameo in a pseudo-sidescrolling level to reach a [[Monty Mole]]. If Mario is attacked by them, he will get knocked back to the beginning. |
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| |name=ケセラン (JP) / Lil Sparky (EN)
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| |artwork=[[File:Li'l Sparky Perfect.png|120px]]
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| |shuzoku=ゴースト{{ruby|族|ぞく}}
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| |seikaku=まじめ
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| |tojo_gemu=ワールド
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| |desc='''<big>いきなり{{ruby|進|すす}}まずちょっと{{ruby|待|ま}}て</big><br>
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| クッパ{{ruby|達|たち}}の{{ruby|砦|とりで}}や{{ruby|城|しろ}}に、いつのまにか{{ruby|住|す}}みついたゴースト。{{ruby|壁|かべ}}の{{ruby|表面|ひょうめん}}などにそってグルグルまわっている。ケセランのいる{{ruby|場所|ばしょ}}を{{ruby|通|とお}}るときは、ジャンプでやり{{ruby|過|す}}ごしてから{{ruby|進|すす}}もう。<ref>{{cite|date=November 20, 1994|isbn=4-09-259067-9|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|title=「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten'')|page=[https://i.imgur.com/ZswEyiq.jpeg 78]}}</ref>
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| |tribe=Ghost clan
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| |disposition=Serious
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| |game_appearances=World
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| |eng_desc='''''<big>Don't proceed abruptly; wait for a moment</big><br>
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| ''Ghosts that have somehow taken up residence in Bowser and his friends' fortresses and castles. They are always circling along the surface of the walls and other surfaces. When you pass by Lil Sparky's area, jump to get past them before continuing on.''
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| ===''Super Princess Peach''=== | | ===''Super Princess Peach''=== |
| {{SPP enemy
| | [[File:SPPLilSparky.png|frame|left]] |
| |name=Lil Sparky
| | They return once again in the game ''[[Super Princess Peach]]'', appearing in [[Shriek Mansion]] and [[Bowser's Villa]], and are invincible to everything Peach can do. |
| |altname=Lil' Sparky
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| |image=[[File:SPPLilSparky.png]]
| | ==Possible relatives== |
| |levels=[[Shriek Mansion 3-3]]<br>[[Shriek Mansion 3-4]]<br>[[Shriek Mansion 3-5]]<br>[[Shriek Mansion 3-8]]<br>[[Bowser's Villa 8-5]] | | *[[Spark]]s |
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| | *[[Hothead]]s |
| |glossary=Avoid it as it moves along the terrain.
| | *[[Podoboo|Sparky]]s |
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| ==Gallery==
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| <gallery>
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| SMWGroupPoster.jpg|''Super Mario World''
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| Mario Puzzle Artwork.png|Artwork used for a ''Super Mario'' puzzle.
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| Mario Puzzle Artwork 2.png|Artwork used for a ''Super Mario'' puzzle.
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| Mario Christmas Puzzle Artwork 2.jpg|Artwork used for a ''Super Mario'' Christmas-themed puzzle
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| Mario Christmas Puzzle Artwork 3.jpg|Artwork used for a ''Super Mario'' Christmas-themed puzzle
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| 1996 NCM sizechartC.png|A size chart for a 1996 ''Nintendo Character Manual''
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| LilSparkySMA4.png|''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3''
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| SPP Lil Sparky Shriek Mansion.png|A Lil' Sparky in ''[[Super Princess Peach]]''
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| LilSparkySS+BM.png|A spark in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]''
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| Lil' Sparky SMBW.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]''
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| </gallery>
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| ==Additional names==
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| |game1=''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]''
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| |file1=<tt>content0.game/romfs/Obj/FEtc.dat/_CA_INFO_/f_bsoul_ci</tt>
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| |name1=bsoul
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| |meaning1=B. Soul
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| ===Names in other languages=== | |
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| |Jap=ケセラン
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| |JapR=Keseran
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| |JapM=Both this and [[Hothead#Names in other languages|Hothead]]'s Japanese name「パサラン」(''Pasaran'') are derived from「ケセランパサラン」(''Keseran Pasaran''), a legendary puff-ball creature in {{wp|Japanese mythology}}
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| |JapC=<ref>{{cite|author=Kagawa, Ryo ({{iw|wikibound|Ape|APE/Shigesato Itoi}}), Koichi Toda (100 Percent), Masaki Kuramochi (100 Percent), Shigeo Tanabe, Naomaru Asao, and Ryuji Osawa, editors|title="UNIT 2 CHARACTER" in『[[Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook Super Mario World|任天堂公式ガイドブック スーパーマリオワールド]]』|date=1991|language=ja|location=Tokyo|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|page=31|isbn=4-09-104117-5}}</ref>
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| |Chi=电火球<ref>{{cite|author=无敌阿尔宙斯|date=August 28, 2013|deadlink=y|title=神游 超级马力欧世界 敌人官译|publisher=Baidu Tieba|language=zh-hans|accessdate=August 8, 2024|archive=web.archive.org/web/20170227153847/https://tieba.baidu.com/p/2560204606}}</ref>
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| |ChiR=Diànhuǒqiú
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| |ChiM=Electric Fireball
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| |Ger=Kleinschein
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| |GerM=Small Shine
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| |Ger2=Sparky<ref>{{cite|author=Menold, Marcus, Claude M. Moyse, and Andreas G. Kämmerer, editors|title=''Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater "Super Mario World"''|language=de|location=Großostheim|publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of Europe GmbH]]|date=1993|page=20}}</ref>
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| |Fre=Sparky
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| |Fre2=Titebraise<ref>''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2'' end credits</ref>
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| |Fre2M=From ''petite braise'' ("small ember")
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| |Ita=Luccico
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| |ItaM=From ''luccicare'' ("to sparkle"); shared with [[Twinkle]]
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| ==References==
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| | ==Notable Li'l Sparkies== |
| | *[[Watt]] – ''[[Paper Mario]]'' |
| | *[[Watt's Mother]] – ''[[Paper Mario]]'' (Mentioned) |
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| {{SMW}} | | {{SMW}} |
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| {{SPP}} | | {{SPP}} |
| {{SMBW}}
| | [[Category:Sub-Species]] |
| [[Category:Electrical creatures]] | | [[Category:Enemies]] |
| [[Category:Fire creatures]] | | [[Category:Electrical Creatures]] |
| [[Category:Ghosts]] | | [[Category:Fire Creatures]] |
| [[Category:Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 enemies]] | | [[Category:Koopa Troop]] |
| [[Category:Super Mario Bros. Wonder enemies]]
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| [[Category:Super Mario World enemies]]
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| [[Category:Paper Mario species]] | |
| [[Category:Super Princess Peach enemies]]
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